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Missing Carbon Monoxide Alarm Results in $3.25 Million Judgment

Tenant Awarded $3.25 Million for Carbon Monoxide Alarm Violation Failure to Install a carbon monoxide alarm in a rental property has resulted in a $3.25 Judgment against a Stevens Point Landlord, Pamalla Schneider in a March jury trial in Portage…

Elderly Couple Die Of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning After Power Outage From Irene

Unfortunately, I expected to see more of these tragic cases in the wake of Hurricane Irene, which knocked out power last weekend in a swath from North Carolina to Maine.      An elderly couple died of carbon monoxide poisoning last Tuesday…

Home Generators Found Indoors – Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Result

Thousands of homeowners in the U. S. purchase backup power generators in case their electrical power is interrupted.  A significant and potentially fatal to humans and pets problem continually occurs with each severe storm and the use of gasoline…

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Kills Nearly 500 Annually In U.S., CDC Report Says

Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning is a leading cause of unintentional poisoning deaths in the United States, with nearly 500 people succombing to the odorless, colorless gas each year, according to a report issued earlier this month by the Centers…

Carbon Monoxide Exposure After Car Accidentally Left Running In Garage

The CDC-Center for Disease Control and Prevention recently stated in their weekly report that Carbon Monoxide (CO) poisoning is a leading cause of unintentional poisoning deaths in the United States. CO poisoning is preventable, nonetheless,…

Carbon Monoxide Sends 12 Oklahoma Inn Guests To Hospital

In one of the larger incidences of carbon monoxide poisoning in recent months, a dozen guests at an Oklahoma inn were hospitalized in late July after taking in dangerous levels of the gas. http://www.koco.com/r/28670355/detail.html A damaged…

TV Reporter Almost Dies From Carbon Monoxide In TV Truck

A reporter for WINK-TV in Florida was almost killed by carbon monoxide poisoning last Friday when he was out on assignment, according to the website TVSpy.  Nick Spinetto was out in the field, working in a live truck to finish up a story…

Two Tenants Above Grocery Store Killed By Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

It looks like authorities in Pennsylvania are taking a hard line with the owners of a grocery story that was using a generator indoors, emitting carbon monoxide fumes that killed two men in a second-floor apartment Friday. http://www.philly.com/philly/news/121058718.html Officials…

Cape Cod Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Sends 11 To Hospital

Here is a potentially life-saving tip: Make sure your carbon monoxide detectors, as well as your smoke detectors, have batteries that are working. That might have averted this scary situation on Cape Cod. Eleven people nearly died of carbon…

Two Tenants Die Of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In New Jersey As Alarms Sit In The Basement

Two recent deaths in a Jersey City, N.J., apartment building were due to carbon monoxide poisoning, according to The Jersey Journal. http://www.nj.com/news/jjournal/jerseycity/index.ssf?/base/news-12/1302157523245801.xml&coll=3 This story…

Mother, Three Children Killed By Carbon Monoxide In Toledo

How many times has this tragedy played out this winter, one of the worse the country has seen in many years? Four people, a mother and her three children, died of carbon monoxide poisoning last week in Toledo, Ohio.  http://abclocal.go.com/wtvg/story?section=news/local&id=8029564&pt=print They…